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The Connecticut Sun are visiting the New York Liberty on Saturday night. Sabrina Ionescu was on the injury report alongside Betnijah Laney-Hamilton with both players initially being listed as questionable, per Liberty Lead. The Liberty's Ionescu is dealing with a neck injury, while Laney-Hamilton is plagued by a right knee injury.
So is Sabrina Ionescu playing tonight vs. the Sun?
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Sabrina Ionescu's injury status vs Sun
After previously being listed as questionable, Ionescu was upgraded to available for the game, per SSN- New York Liberty on X, formerly Twitter.
Given Ionescu was questionable on the Liberty's injury report, it was originally difficult to dictate whether or not the 3-point shooter would be on the floor to take on the Sun on Saturday. After missing two games with a neck injury, Sabrina was seemingly confident in her returning to the floor to take on the Sun this weekend.
With the best record in the WNBA, the Liberty, 25-4, are led by their MVP candidate Ionescu ahead of their marquee matchup against the Sun, the team with the league's second-best record, 21-7. This is a big matchup for the two best teams in the Eastern Conference.
Still, the Liberty won back-to-back games in Sabrina's absence, beating the Dallas Wings in two games in two nights, including last Tuesday's 94-74 blowout win before beating the Wings a second time, 79-71 Thursday. The Liberty's Breanna Stewart followed her magnificent 26-point, 12-rebound performance on Tuesday with a team-high 19 points in Thursday's win at home.
“We don't get too high or too low. We're happy,” Brondello said, per ClutchPoints. “There's still areas that we could continue to get better in and getting more consistent… I'm excited to continue to develop.”
Averaging 19.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.9 steals per game, Stewart has been a force on both ends of the floor for the Liberty. New York is now on an eight-game winning streak with Connecticut on its heels, and an opportunity to cut into the Liberty's 3.5 lead atop of the Eastern Conference standings.
Ionescu is averaging 19.9 points, 6.0 assists, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game this season for the Liberty. And while Las Vegas Aces' center A'ja Wilson (-3000) remains the heavy favorite to take home this year's MVP award, Ionescu is tied with Indiana Fever star rookie Caitlin Clark (+8000) for the second-best odds of winning the prestigious award.
When it comes to the question of whether or not Sabrina Ionescu is playing tonight vs. the Sun, the answer is maybe.
